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Section C- Toronto, 1897.] '^^ /^/2-f^ ^ , "2?

Beport on ike State of the Principal Miinemns in Canada and Ketr-
foiir uuL ^ /{;/ Henry M. Ami, M.A., D.Sc,, F.G.S., of the
Geological Swveij of Canada, Ottaira.

[Ordered by the General Committee to be printed in extensn']

The following report on the state of the principal museums in Canada
and Newfoundland is based upon information contained in a correspond-
ence between the Director of the Geological Survey Department at
Ottawa (Dr. Dawson) and the curators or officers in charge of the several
museums, who very kindly supplied the inf'^rmation desired.

The four following points in connection with museums received
particular attention : —

1. The approximate number of specimens classified and displayed in
each muse im.

2. The relative importance of collections in geological, mineralof^ical,
botanical, zoological, ethnological, or other classes of mater-ial,

3. Any special collections acquired from individuals included in the
museum.

4. Types of species (if any) preserved in the museum, with the name
of the describers.

The order in which the several museums are presented is geographi-
cal. Beginning with the most easterly one, the Museum of the Geo-
logical Survey of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, and closin<v
with the Provincial Museum of British Columbia, Victoria, British
Columbia.

The principal object in view in preparing this report was to gather
definite information regarding the amount of material at present housed
in the various museums of the country, and thus enable the Director of
the National Museum at Ottawa and others, to whom applications for
information are constantly coming in, to give satisfactory replies.

The report consists of a consecutive list of museums in Canada and
Newfoundland, including only the principal ones known to the Depart-
ment, with brief descriptions or abstracts of the contents of the different
museums enumerated.

Brief descriptions and notes on fifty private collections in Canada are
also added.

This report does not profess to be complete in every respect. The in-
formation presented, however, has been obtained from the most reliable
sources available —from official letters sent by the curators or officers in
charge of the several museums addressed, or from published papers and
reports on the contents of museums in he different provinces.

The thanks of the writer are due to x)r. G. M. Dawson, Director of the
Geological Survey Department at Ottawa, for many valuable suggestions
and kind offices in preparing this report.

Geological, Survey of Newfoundlaind. — Contains about 3,000 specimens,
of which 2,000 at least are arranged and classified, to illustrate the'
economic and natural resources of this colony. The mineralogical
cabinets comprise 600 specimens ; the palseontological and geological

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collectiona include 850 specimens ; wliilst the collections of birds, fishes,
shells, &c., number together 42G specimens. There is an herbarinni
of the plants of the island, prepared by Professors B. L. llobinson and
H. Schenck, of Harvard. Economic exhibits of the fisheries (seal and fish-
oil, &c. ) of Newfoundland. There is also a fair collection of ethnological
.specimens, besides a numisjnatic collection. Museum, in charge of J. P.
Howley, Esq., F.CI.S., Director of the Geological Survey of Newfoundland,
and supported by the legislative grant, is located in St. John's, Newfound-
land, in the Post Ottice Building,

Provincial Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia. — Contains about 10,000
specimens. The geological cabinets include : Minei.ls, 1,000 specimens ;
rocks, 300 specimens ; fossil organic remains, 2,000 specimens, for the
most part collected and arranged by the late Dr. D. Honeynian. The
zoological department includes 1,500 specimens, and the botanical collec-
tion is that prepared by Dr. Henry How. Museum supported by grant
from the Legislature of Nova Scotia, and in charge of Dr. E. Gilpin, F.G.S.,
Commissioner of Mines for the province. Located in a large room,
80 feet by 20 feet, in the uppermost storey of tlie Halifax City Poet Office,
the property of the Dominion Government. Types. Contains a few
types of fossils described by Dr. Honeyman and the type specimen of a
giant squid described by Professor A . E. Verrill. Curator : Dr. E.Gilpin,
M.A., F.G.S., Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Ihe University Museum, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. —
Contains upwards of 1,600 specimens, classified and arranged for the use
of students and professors. Of 700 specimens in the zoological collection
the native birds of Nova Scotia form an important part. The geological
cabinets comprise a good series of Nova Scotian minerals. Nova Scotian
carboniferous fossils, and European cretaceous fossils, 450 specimens in
all. The Patterson collection of archaeological remains from various
parts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is of considerable import-
ance : it includes 330 pieces. The Thomas McCulloeh collections com-
prise birds, rocks, fossils, minerals, and plants. An herbarium illus-
trating the flora of Nova Scotia is in course of preparation. Supported
by the University authorities and by the Thomas McCulloeh fund of
$\\iQQ given to Dalhousie in 1884. The Rev. Dr. Forrest, principal, and
Professor E. Mackay, pro-curator, in charge, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Acadia University Museum, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. — Contains upwards
of 5,000 specimens, neatly arranged and classified for the use of students
and professors. The geological cabinets include 504 specimens of minerals,
365 rock specimens, and 800 fossil organic remains. The zoological
collections comprise 690 specimens, divided as follows : — Ornithological :
birds, birds' eggs, and their nests, 300 specimens. Conchological, 300
species, besides a large number of marine invertebrates. In the herba-
rium we find nearly all the plants occurring in New Brunswick, presented by
G. U. Hay, of St. John, N.B., besides collections from various parts of
the province and from foreign countries. There is also a small ethno-
logical collection. The zeolites, amethysts, and trap rocks from Blomidon
are of local and special interest. There is also a fair collection of coins.
Curator : Professor A. E. Coldwell, M.A., Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

King's College M'l.seum, Windsor, Nova Scotia. — For the use of
students. Contains 5,500 specimens. The mineralogical cabinets hold
the first place ; the botanical collections come next. The next
important individual collection is the Cosswell Herbarium of phseno-

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ON THE rUlNCIPAL M(J.SP:UMS I\ CANADA AM) NEWI'Ol'NDLANn. ■\

gfunous and cryptogamous plants from Groat Britain. Supported hy tho
Senate of King's College. Acting Curator : Professor b\ W. Vroom,
Windsor, Nova Scotiji.

Pictou Academy Museum, Picfou, Nava Scotia. — Includes a very good
and fairly complete collection of the birds and mammals of the county of
Pictou, an herbarium, and a cabinet of geology illustra^ii\g the minerals
of Nova Scotia, with special reference to the coals, iron ores, and fossil
remains of Picton County. Enriched by numerous collections made and
arranged "oy Dr. A. H. Mackay, Superintendent of Educaticjn for Nova
Scotia, and a past principal of the Academy.

Natural History Society of New .Brimsu)ick Afuseiim, St. John, N.B. —
Contains about 15,000 specimens, arranged and classified. Tiie Gesnef
Museum of Geology, &c., is included in the same building. Geological
collections comprise 1,400 specimens of minerals, upwards of 1,000
specimens of fossils, and the zoological department, embracing collec-
tions of birds, fishes, reptiles, mammals, insects, shells, birds' eggs, and
birds' nests, contains 3,741 specimens in all. There is a good herbarium,
comprising about 6,500 sheets, 1,500 New Brunswick phanerogams
and cryptogams, and 5,000 phanerogams, foreign, European, West
Indies, United States, Canada. About 600 specimens in the archfeo-
logical cabinets and 200 in the ethnological series. The palieontological
collections are chiefly those of Dr. G. F. Mtitthew and of the late
Professor C. F. Hartt.

Type specimens of fossil organic remains from rock formations in the
vicinity of St. John, &c., described by Dr. Matthew, Professor S. H.
Scudder, Mr. C. F. Hartt, and Sir J. W. Dawson are carefully preserved
in the cabinets of this museum.

• The most valuable,' Dr. Matthew writes, * are the types of the
Devonian plants collected by Hartt and described by Sir William Dawson. '
There are here also the types of the fossil insects described by Dr. S. H.
Scudder that were collected by Hartt.' Also some few other types and
a good many typical fossils of various formations. The museum is housed
in six rooms on t'.e second floor of St. John City Market, Charles StreiH..
The society receives a small annual grant from the New Brunswick
Legislature. Curators of the Museum : Dr, G. F. Matthew, Samuel W.
Kain, Esq., A. Gordon Leavftt, Esq.

The University Museum, University of New Brunswick, Tredericton,
N.B. — Organised about 1836 by Dr. James Robb. The approximate
number of specimens classified and displayed to-day in the museum is
2,800, of which about 1,300 belong to the geological collections of minerals,
rocks, and fossils from various parts of New Brunswick and other pro-
vinces of Canada, Europe, and the United States, There are 1,495 speci
mens in the zoological cabinets, including birds, birds' eggs (representing
250 species), reptiles, crustaceans, fishes, insects, molluscs, and star-fishes,
(fee, most of which are the gift of foreign institutions and societies. There
is also the nucleus of a small archaeological collection, including pipes,
pottery, and stone implements from New Brunswick, with a few from the
United States. The economic mollusca, the Cambrian fossils of St. John,
New Biimswick, and the ornithological collection by Messrs. Ganong,
Matthew, and Adney respectively comprise the most conspicuous and

' See lieportg on Fossil Plants of the Devonian and Upi}er Silurian nf Canada.
Geological Survey of Canada, Montreal, 1871.

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special collections. Curator : Professor L. W. Bailey, M.A., Ph.D.,
F.R.S.C, Professor of Goolo<,'y, IIiiiv(>rsity of N(!v Brunswick.

Musdum (h VUniversiU Laval, Qm'hoc, Quebec. — The nuclous of this
collection, which now amounts to 35,000 specimens, arranged and classified,
was the old 'Cabinet de Mineralogie ' of the Quebec Seminary. The
niineralogical cabinet to-day comprises more than 4,000 specimens. Of
special intere.'^t is a collection of minerals made by tiie Abbe Haiiy ^'or the
Quebec Seminary. Besides 1,000 specimens of rocks, determined by Dr.
Sterry Hunt, the geological collections include upwards of 1,000 fossil
remains, some from Canada, determined by the late Mr. E. Billings and
by Dr. H. M. Ami, others from the late Abbe Joachim Barrande, of
Bohemia. The zoological collections include 17,000 specimens : 1,200
mammals, 14,000 insects, and 2,000 shells from various parts of the world.
The botanical collections, including I'Abbe O. Brunet's herbarium, named
by Gray, Hooker, Engelman, and Michaux, comprise upwards of 10,000
sheets. Herbaria, by Hall, Parry, Harbour, Geyer, N. llield, Leidenberg,
Vincent, Moser, Smith, Durand, Nuttall, and Rafinesque are also included
in the botanical collection at Laval.

The dried specimens of plants are supplemented by an excellent collec-
tion of woods from Canada and foreign countries.

An archajological and ethnological collection of about 1,000 pieces,
prepared by Dr. Joseph Charles Tach^, for the most part illustrates the
manners and customs of the Huron aborigines and Indians of North-East
America. The numismatic collection contains some 3,000 coins and
medals.

The ' Lea collection ' of XJnios, the Macoun collection of North-West
Canadi.^n plants, the St. Cyr Herbarium of Quebec, the Dr. Ahern col-
lection of Quebec fossils, form some of the more conspicuous collections in
the museum of the University. Curator and Rector : Very Rev.
Mgr. J. C. K. Laflamme, P.A., F.R.S.C.

3fiise'um de V Instruction Pahlique, Quebec, Quebec. — Contains 32,4.^)0
specimens, neatly housed, but uncomfortably overcrowded in a portion of
the uppermost storey of the Provincial Parliament Building, Quebec,
The local Legislature has given a small annual grant to the curator for
the support and maintenance of this museum for a number of years.
The geological collections consist of 3,500 specimens of minerals and 780
fossils. The zoological collections amount to 4,430 specimens as follows :
Mammals, 60 ; birds (mounted), 46 ; birds (skins), 514 ; birds' eggs, 271 ;
fishes, 65 ; mollusca, 3,480. The entomological collection is large and
contains 15,670 specimens, including as it does I'Abbe Provancher's
type collections of Canadian insects, described and figured in his ' Faune
Entomologique de Quebec' The St. Cyr Herbarium is very exten-
sive, and includes an excellent series of the Quebec flora. It contains
7,870 sheets. Curator of the Museum : Mons. D. N. St. Cyr, Quebec,
Quebec

Musdam da Seminaire de Philosophie, Montreal, Quebec. — For the use
of the students and professors. Contains about 6,300 specimens, of which
2,000 are geological (minerals and rocks) ; 1,500 palaeontological ; 2,810
zoological, besides a fair collection of botanical specimens for teaching
purposes. Amongst the special collections we note one, * Collection de
Mindralogie faite pour le College de Montreal par les soins du cdRbre
Haiiy, 1822.' Most of tlie fossils are European. Curator : L. Lepoupou.

Museum du College Saint- Laurent, St. Laurent, near Montreal, Quebec,

ON THE PRINCIPAL MUSEUMS IX CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. 5

Miscellaneous collections, comprising upwards of 18,000 specimens. Up-
wards of 1,000 specimens each of minerals, rocks, and fossils comprise the
geological cabinets, and as many each of the zoological and botanical
collections, according to the curator's report. The ' Crevier collection ' of
fossils from Montreal and vicinity and a numismatic collection form the
most interesting special collections we note in this museum. Supported
by private contributions and donations of friends to the Congregation of
the Holy Cross. The collections are classed under twenty-five heads and
in charge of the curator — Rev. Joseph C. Carrier, C.S.C, St. Laurent,
Quebec.

Peter RedjHith Museum of McGill Colb'yp., Montreal, Quebec. — 7.5,000
specimens, arranged and classified for the use of professors, students, and
the gonei-al public in a largo, well lighted, and commodious fire -proof build-
ing, built for the purpose, in 1882, by the munilicent gift of the hite Peter
Redpalh, Es(j. The geological collections, including the Dawson collec-
tions of Devonian, Carboniferous, and Cretaceous fossil plants, cf Pleisto-
cene fossils, Microsauria, Eozoon, and many other types, and the Logan
Memorial Collection include some 16, .540 specimens, divided as follows : —
Fossils, 8,000 ; minerals, 2,880 ; rock specimens, 5,060. The Holmes and
Miller cabinets of minerals are included in the above (iguies. "here are
also excellent collections of petrogniphical slides. The zoological collec-
tions comprise 19,68.5 specimens as follows : — ■

Sijecimens

Mammals . 170

Birds 500

Birds' eggs 125

Reptiles 90

Fishes 200

Crustacea ........ 300

MoUusca 7,500

Insects 10,000

Echinodermata 2.')0

Annulata 100

Anthozoa 200

Protozoa and Hydrozoa 250

The University Herbarium consists of upwards of 30,000 sheets, and
includes the Holmes Herbarium and the Macoun collections of Canadian
plants, exhibited at the World's Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, in
1876. There are also representative collections from Australia, India,
Japan, South Africa, South America, and Northern Europe. Specimens
of the Canadian timber trees, as well as those of the United States and
foreign countries, are included in the ' Economic Collection.' Botanical
collections in charge of Professor D. P. Penhallow.

The archieological and ethnological collcfctions comprise some 1,200
specimens illustrating the implements, pottery, and weapons of the abo-
rigines of Canada and foreign countries, besides Egyptian antiquities in
the Dawson collection.

The ' Carpenter collection ' of shells is a special feature, and contains
many types. The Chitonidae are of special interest. The McCulloch col-
lection of birds is also worthy of note, besides the entomological collections
of Messrs. Bowles, Cooper, and Pearson, acquired for the museum in recent
years.

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varieties of recent and fossil organisms described by Sir William Dawson,
Professor James Hall, George Jennings llinde, T. Rupert Jones, Joseph
Leidy, (). C. Marsh, D. P. Pcnhallow, J. T. Donald, and P. P. Carpenter.
Hon. Curators : Sir William Dawson, Dr. J}. J. llarrington, Dr. D. P.
Pcnhallow, Dr. F. D. Adams, Dr. W. E. Decks, Peter Kedpath Museum,
Montreal.

Muxciim of the Natural Iliatory Societi/ of Montrpal, Montreal, Quebec. —
Total number of specimens disi)layed and classified, 18,250. Of these the
zoological collections comprise nearly two-thirds, viz., 11,220 specimens,
a3 follows : —

ilaininuls C mounted) .
Birds (mounted)
Keptilca (mounted)
Fisli (mounted) .
Shells, cl iHsiliod and labelled
Crust aoeu ....
Inspcls .....
Kadiates ....
CoruLs and sponges

150

1,300 '
fiO
120

4,000
200

5,000
1.50
250

11,220

These 11,220 specimens, together with a botanical collection of Cana-
dian and British plants, nund)ering 1,600 sheets, make up the total of
12,820 biological specimens. The geological collections comprise l,r)00
rocks and fossils, besides 2,500 minerals, amongst which are some rare
old finds. Of birds' eggs there is a collection of 1 60 specimens.

There is also the ' Ferrier collection ' of Egyptian antiquities, pre-
sented in 1859 ; the ' C. U. Shepard collection ' of minerals, numbering 600
specimens ; and a rare collection of birds from the MalayArchipelago
presented by H. J. Tiffin, Esq., in 1892.

The collections in this museum have been enriched from time to time
by private donations, and much of the work in classification is due to Sir
William Dawson, Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, the late Mr. E. Billings, and many
others. This society received provincial aid for a number of years, but is
now supported by the members of the Natural History Society of Mon-
treal. Curator : J. B. Williams, Esq., 32 University Street, Montreal,
Quebec.

AIusPAim of the Geological Survey of Canada — the National Museum of
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. — Contains some 92,000 specimens, arranged and
classified for reference. The finest "and most complete collection of Cana-
dian minerals, rocks, and fossils. The geological cabinets and cases
include upwards of 14,000 specimens of minerals and rocks, illustrating
the mines and mining industry of Canada, besides a typical collection of
16,000 fossil organic remains neatly labelled and classified, representing
about 4,600 species, of which about 1,000 are the types of species de-
scribed by the late E. Billings, and some 600 types described by Mr.
Whiteaves. Other type specimens of fossil organic remains in the collec-
tion are the types of species established by Sir Wm. Dawson, Sir W. E.
Logan, J. W. Salter, Dr. S. H. Scudder, Professor T. Rupert Jones,
professor E. O. Ulrich, Professor E. D. Cope, Professor H. Alleyne
Nicholson, Dr. Henry \Voodward, Professor James Hall, Dr. Arthur H.

' 600 of these are Canadian.

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Foord, ^\r. W. R. ]{illiiij,'s, Dr. TI. i\[. Ami, and Mr. L. M. Latnbe.
Amoii^ special suiti!S may \n'. nwut'umi'A fossils »;li!iract(?rising the 'Quebec
Group' of 1jO„'uii and Hillings from Quelxic and Newfoundland.

About 1 00,000 spnciniens, illustrating the paheontolo^ical characters of
the various geological formations in Canada, fi'om Atlantic to Pacific, and
from the United States boundary line to the Arctic Circle, are kept for
reference in the store-room and baseme'it of the museum, together with
a series of duplicate specimens for collections intended for educational
purposes.

There is also a remarkably fine collection of Ordovi.nan Crinoidoa from
the Trenton of Ottawa and Hull, and a fine series of Devonian fishes
from Bay des Chaleurs, and the original specimens of Eozooii canadenae.

The zoological collections comprise IT), 000 specimens, including the
' Whiteaves collection ' of shells, Atlantic and PaciHc coast shells of British
North America— corals, radiates, and sponges from various localities —
besides birds, mammals, reptiles, and the ' Geddes collection of Lepi-
doptera,' chiefly Rocky Mountain and Canadian.

Types : North Pacific and N. Atlantic recent sponges described by
Mr. L. M. Lambe ; Mollusca, foraminifera and other invertebrates de-
scribed by Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, A. E. Verrill, J. B. Smith, Alex. Agassiz
and others.

Ethnological collection includes the 'Mercier collection '(chiefly N.W.
Eskimo) ; the ' Herschfelder collection ' of Indian remains fioni Ontario ;
the Powell collection of Pacific or West Coast Indians of British Columbia,
besides various collections made by officers of the Geological Survey of
Canada.

Madoc Meteorite, Thurlow Meteorite (pars) also in the collection.

The herbarium contains upwards of 80,000 sheets, of which 50,000
form the most complete collection of Canadian plants. Besides numerous
types and co-types of Canadian species described by Hooker, Michaux,
Torrey, Pursh, Gray, Watson, Kindberg, Robinson, Peck, and other
boffAnists, the herbarium comprises large and representative collections
from Great Britain, Scandinavia, Northern Russia, France, Germany,
Switzerland, Au tria, Italy, Greenland, the United States of America,
including Alaska, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Natal, itc. There
are also included the classic herbaria prepared by Menzies, Sir Joseph
Back, Sir John Richardson, Douglas, Drummond, and other arctic
explorers in the early years of this century, besides a complete collection
of Canadian woods and a iair collection of the native fruits from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. The herbarium is in charge of Professor John
Macoun, Dominion Botanist,

Director of the Museum : Dr. G. M. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S.

The Fisheries Museum, Ottawa, Canada.- Tender the immediate care
of the Department of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa. Contains tlu^
best collection of Canadian fishes in the Dominion. This collection,
primarily brought together in 1883 as part of the exhibit from Canada at
the Fisheries Exhibition, London, England, gives a very fair idea of the
fisheries of the large bodies of fresh and salt water of the Dominion from
an economic standpoint. Specimens determined for the most part by Mr.
J. F. Whiteaves, of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1883. Now in
charge of Professor Ed. E. Prince, B.A., F.L.S., Commissioner of Fisheries
for Canada, Ottawa.

Central Experimental Farm Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. — Contains a

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^00(1 herbarium of Canada. Collri-tions of imtivp and cultivatod fiuits,
seeds, itc, preserved in a liquid inediuu) for refcu'ence for a^ricultunil as
well as liorticultural purposes. Samples of the cereals, grasses, and fruits
whieh grow in Canada as the result of tests made at the central and other
exjieritnental stations in Canada. Samples of soils fi't)m different portions
of Canada and the North-West. Director : Dr. Wm. Saunders, V.R.S.C,
Ottawa, Ontario. Maintaincnl by the Dominion (Jovernment Territories,
foiining part of the Department of Agriculture. Collections of insects
injurious and beneficial to vegetation. Botanical and entomological
collections in charge of Dr. James Fletcher, Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa, Ontario.

Qneeii's Univprsity Miikciiih, /{itif/sfon, Ontario. — Contains 22,700
specimens, arranged and classified for the use of professors and students.
Of these there are 3, GOO minerals and rocks and 5,000 fossil organic
remains, in all 8,G00 geological specimens. The zoological collections,
chiefly mollusca and other invertebrata, number 3,146 specimens. Ento-
mological and ethnological collections defective.

The herbarium is an excellent one, and contains 9,435 sheets of
Phanerogamia and Cryptogamia of Canada and other countries. Type
specimen : Large slab showing tracks of Sniimpus nv(/uljh; Dawson,
from the Carboniferous rocks of Cund)erland County, Nova Scotia.

Special collection: The ' l{ev. Andrew Bell collection' of minerals,
rocks, and fossils, eonsistiT g of 1,500 specimens. Curator : Rev. J. Fowler,
M.A., F.ll.S.C, Kingston, Ontario.

M}ise}im of the iSchool of Mining, Kingston, Ontario. — The mineral
collection consists of about 9,000 .specimens, classifi''^ as fodows : —
(1) Specimens to which students have access, 5,G50 ; (-^ specimens illus-
trating physical mineralogy, 900 ; (3) mineral species, 2,120, specimens;
(4) ores, Arc.

The pala'ontological collections consist of the Columbian Exposition
collection sent to Chicago by the Geological Survey of Canada, and presented
to the Ontario School of JMining, together with a number of specimens of
Ontario pahcozoic fossils. Curator : Professor W. G. Miller, M.A., Ph.D.

Biological Mnsemn, University of Toro7ito, Toronto, Ontario. — Contains
between 15,000 and 20,000 specimens, of which the geological department
includes about 12,000 specimens, as follows : —

Fcrricr collection of minerals .... f>,000 specimens
l'a!ieoiitological collections ..... 4,000 ,,
Kecks, &c 2,000

The zoological collections alone number B,000 specimens, and include
specimens of living and fossil representatives of the various classes and
orders of the animal kingdom, as well as a large series of models for educa-
tional purposes. There is also a good herbarium, with collections of woods,
models, kc, all of which serve to illustrate the botanical department in
the university. The ethnological department, established by the late Sir
Daniel Wilson, contains a large collection of crania and implements.

There are no types in the nmseum. Curators : Professor R. Ramsay
Wright, M. A., Ph.D., Professor A. B. Macallum, M. A., C. Jeffrey,Esq., M.A.

Musfynmof tlte School of Practical Sciencp, Toronto, On?«Wo.— Contains
6.000 specimens, of which 3,292 belong to the geological depai'tment, and
are divided as follows : —

Minerals . l,24.'i specimens

Rocks l,Bi7 „

Fossil organic remains 400 „

ON THE rniNCIPAL MUSKL'MS IN CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. 9

Besides the above there is also a students' collection of 1,600 species
for riifcreiice, and 1,'200 thin or microscopic sections of rocks. Economic
minerals a speciality. Curator : Professor A. P. Coleman, M.A., Ph.D.,
University Collof,'e, Toronto, Ontario.

Mnncinn. of Vi'fot'id Uniui-rnifi/, Toronto, Ontario, — 3,000 specimens
are includod in tiie geological collections (500 mineral specimens, 500
rocks, and 2,000 specimens of fossil organic remains). There is also the
* Taylor collection of archa'ological i-omains ' from both the eastern and
western hemispheres. Mi'tt'oritc. from near Victoria, N.W.T. Curator :
Rev. N. Burwash, D.D.. Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario.

Ontario Arclur.ological Musrmn, Toronto, Ontario. — Supported since
1887 by an annual grant of ;<<1,000 from the Ontario Legislature.
Excellent collection of stone and clay pipes, copper and iron, and
stone implements and weapons from vakious portions of the province of
Ontario, besides collections from United States mounds, from British
Columbia, itc. The collections in all amount to about 20,000 pieces (not
counting individual wampum beads, ttc), thousands of flints, hundreds of
colts (plain and grooved), gouges, hundreds of bone and horn instruments,
numerous clay vessels, 200 crania, 700 mis-cellaneous Aztec specimens,
250 slate gorgets, 40 * bird ' amulets, besides clay vessels from Aztec and
Puviblo mounds.

The collection is neatly labelled and catjilogued as to exact name of
locality, name of donor, collector, and date. Curator : David Boyle, Esq.,
Ontario Archaeological Museum, in connection with the Department of
Education, Ontario.

Canadian Institute Museum, Toronto, Ontario. — Supported by legisla-
tive grant and membership fees. It is located at 58 Richmond Street
East, Toronto. Established 1849 ; incorporated by Royal Charter, 1851.
The specimens belonging to the old Natural History Society of Toronto
(now the Biological Section of the Institute) form part of the Canadian
Institute Museum collections. The zoological collections comprise the
following : —

Birds (Canadian) 729 ijp*!cimenn

Birds' eggs (Canadian) 329 „

Birds (foreign) 150 „

Maramals 62 „

Reptiles 200 „

Insects 2,000 „

There is also a small herbarium. Curator : James H, Fleming,
Esq., Canadian Institute.

IlamUton Association Museum, Hamilton, Ontario. — Contains 8,000
specimens, arranged and classified, of which there are about 3,300
geological, divided as follows : — Fossil organic remains, 2,500 ; minerals,
800. Fine collection of the sponges a^d graptolites of the Niagara forma-
tion, Canada. The herbarium contains 1,400 sheets, belonging chiefly to
the local flora. Zoological collection defective, although some few and
rare species are exhibited. Small collection of ethnological specimens
from Canada and the South Sea Islands. The Mrs. S. E. Carry collections
of 3,000 specimens of shells, recent and fossil, and of Indian relics form
part of the exhibits at present in the musuem — a loan collection.
Secretary (pro-Cui'ator), S. A. Morgan, B.A., 26 Erie Avenue, Hamilton,
Ontario.

Ontario Agricultural College Musetim, Guelph, Ontario. — Contains

10 REPORT— 1897.

about 5,000 specimens : Minerals, 230 ; rocks, a small collection ; fossils,
65 ; zoological collec'aon miscellaneous, and divided aa follows : —

Birds 398 specimens

Reptiles 15 „

Fishes 38 „

M"llusca 102 „

Molluscoidea . . 3 „

Insects 767 „

Annuloida 18 „

Coelenterata ........ 11 „ ,

Protozoa 1 ,.

In all . . . 1,422

The botanical collections, comprising dried plants and seeds for agricul-
tural purposes, European plants &c., coiiteiin 1,698 specimens and
samples, besides a fair collection of Canadian woods.

Museum and college under the supervision of the Department of
Education for Ontario, Dr. S. P. May, Toronto, organiser of the museum,
and J. Hoyes Panton, officer in charge, Guelph Agricultural College,
Guelph, Ontario.

Entomological Society of Ontario, London, Ontario. — Contains the
leading collection of entomological specimens in Ontario. The Society
has also a botanical and a geological section. Curators of the Museum :
J. Mofiatt, Esq., Professor Dearness, and S. Woolverton, London,
Ontario.

Provincial Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba. — Contains several thousancl
specimens. The natural history collection comprises the birds, mammals,
and insect fauna of the province and the North-West Torritories of Canada.
Very fair collection of minerals, rocks, and fossils from various geological
formations in Manitoba and the other provinces. Housed in special
apartments in the City Hall of Winnipeg. Curator : Charles N. Bell,
Esq., City Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Rocky Mountain Park Museum, Alberta, Canada. — Supported by the
Dominion Government. Tne majority of the specimens exhibited were
sent from the Geological Survey Department and Museum at Ottawa.
Contains interesting collections of the birds, plants, woods, &c., of local
interest to tourists and travellers. Illustrates the fauna and flora of the
Rocky Mountain region of Canada. Superintendent : H. Douglas, Esq.,
Banff, Alberta, North- West Territories.

Provincial Musetim, Victoria, British Columbia. — This is one of the
best kept and most interesting collections in Canada. Upward of 11,000
specimens arranged and classified for reference. Good collections of
rocks, minerals, and fossils of British Columbia and other parts of Canada.
The Newton H. Chittenden collections in ethnology of special value and
interest. Zoological collections fairly complete.

Types : Two type specimons of birds : (1) Melospiza Lincolnii,
Brewster ; (2) Zaprora salivus, Jordan, from near Nanaimo, Gulf of
Georgia, British Columbia. Curator : John Fannin, Esq., P.O. Box 471,
Victoria, British Columbia.

ON THE PRINCIPAL MUSEUMS IX CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. H

Notes on Private Collections in Canada.

1. Dr. A. H. Mackay ,

2. Andrew Downs, Esq.

3. Harry Austin, Esq. .

4. T. J. Egan.E.so.

6. The Lawson Herba-
rium.

6. Dr. John Somers

7. Dr. Lindsay

8. Dr. Lncien Allison .

9. S. D. Scott, Esq.
10. a. U. Hay, Esq.,

F.R.S.C.
] 1. A.Gordon Leavitt. Esq.

12. .1. S. Maclaren, Esq..

13. Dr. G. F. Matthew,

F.R.S.C.

14. Dr. T. J. W. Burgess,
F.R.S.C.

15. Sir Wm Van Home,

K.C.M.G.

16. Rev. Robert Campbell,

D.D,

17. Harold B. Gushing,

B.A.

18. Dr. B. J. Harrington

19. W. Hague Harring-

to!, Esq., F.R.S.C.

20. Dr. James Fletcher,

F.L.S., F.R.S.C.

Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Good reference collections in botany and zoology. Special
collection of Canadian Spongilla:; also micro-organisms.

Ornithological collection.

(Dartmouth) Ornithological collection.

(Dalhousie University) Ornithology.

Containing the extensive series of mounted and dried
plants of Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada, with
special reference to the Rannnculacese and Filices of
the whole Dominion.

Herbarium,

Herbarium.

St. John, New Brunswick.

St. John and New Brunswick Diatomaceae. ;

Numismatic collection.

New Brunswick and general Canadian plants.

Collection of native birds for r- ference. , .

Numismatic collection, collection of medals, clasps, &c.

Best collection of St. John group fossils. Palaeozoic
fossils from maritime provinces and other parts of
Canada. Numerous types of species of fossil plants,
s^jonges, mollusca, insecta, trilobita, &c., from various
horizons (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian)
in the Palaeozoic of New Brunswick ; European fossils ;
also recent plants and marine invertebrates.

Montreal, Quebec.

Herbarium contains about 15,000 sheets. Excellent and
very c mplete collection of Canadian flowering plants,
including North-West Territory and Rocky Mountain
flora. Ontario collection very complete. Canadian
vascular crypt ogamic plants a specialty.

Extensive collection of fossil organic remains from Canada,
the United States, and Europe.

Herbarium containing plants representing flora of Mon-
treal Island, Murray Bay, and other portions of the
Province of Quebec.

Complete collection of the ferns of the island of Montreal.
Fair collection of Phanerogamia of Montreal Island and
vicinity.

Cabinets of minerals from Canada and the United States
for reference collection. Type specimens, dawsonite,
chemawinite, &c.

Ottawa, Ontario.

Very complete collection of Ottawa Coleoptera and Hymen-
optera ; also Spiders and Proctotrypidae. Contains
numerous types of species new to science. Also collec-
tion of Canadian flowering plants.

Specimens illustrating his 'Ottawa Flora' or 'Flora Otta-
waensis ' as published in the ' Transactions of the
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club.' Botanical collections
from nearly all parts of the Dominion and elsewhere.
Also extensive collections of insects injurious and
beneficial to vegetation, &c. Excellent collection of
Lepidoptera.

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REPORT— 1897.

21. Walter R. Billings,

Esq.

22. W. L. Scott, Esq.,

B.A.

23. George R. White,

Esq.

24. Frank R. I>atchford,

Esq., B A.

25. Dr. H. Beaumont

Small.

26. R. B. Whyte, Esq. .

27. Walter F. Ferrier,

Esq., F.G.S.

28. Dr. H. M. Ami .

29. W. J. Wilson, Esq.,

B.So.

30. Joseph Towsend, Esq.

31. T. W. E. Sowter, Esq.

Very complete collection of Ordovician fossils from the
Ottawa Valley, including those from Paquette's Rapids,
Hull, and Ottawa City and vicinity.

Excellent collection of birds and birds' eggs of Ottawa
and vicinity.

Excellent collection of mounted birds and birds' skins for
reference in Ottawa district.

Collection of Ottawa Unionidae — Unin horealis, A. F.
Gray — a type from the Ottawa River described from
Mr. Latchford's collection. Also large series of Ohio
and Western Ontario as well as otht'r Canadian shells.

Good collection of the flowering plants about Ottawa and
vicinity.

Excellent reference collection of the flora of Ottawa and
vicinity. Perth specimens. Species of rare occurrence
in the collection.

Excellent collection of Canadian minerals. Also foreign
type and other minerals. Collection of rocks — litho-
logical. Canadian fossil or^janic remains.

Fair collection of Ottawa and general Canadian flowering
plants. Foreign and domestic shells. Collection of
Canadian etlmolo^ical Sj.ecimens. Utica fossils from
Ottawa and vicinity.

Choice collection of Devonian fossil plants from the ' fern-
ledges' of Lancaster Co., New Brunswick. Also two
co-types of fossil insects describi d by Dr. G. F. Matthew,

Palaeontological collections: 3,000 Guelph fossils; 1,000
Ordovician fossils from Trenton, Utica, and Lorraine of
Ontario; 500 Niagara corals and ether fossils; 400 pre-
Glacial plants and shells.

(Ajlmer, Quebec.) Collection of Chazy fossils from
Aylmer and \icinity. Fair collections of Trenton and
Black River fossils from the Ottawa Palaeozoic Basin.
Mr. Sowter's collections of Ordovician fossils include
more than 2,000 specimens.

Vernon, Ontario,

32. Rev. J. M. Goodwillie, Collection of archaeological remains from Ontario ; also
M,A, Hamilton group, Niagara, Clinton, and Black River

' fossils from various districts in Ontario,

33.

34,

Kingston, Ontario.

Rev. Professor James
Fowler, M.A.,
F.R.S.C,

W. G.
M.A,

Large herbarium, consisting of 14,731 sheets, representing
flora of New Brunswick very completely, and that of
other parts of British North America very well, besides
foreign specimens,
Kidd, Esq., Very good collection of the minerals of Ontario. This
collection was exhibited at the World's Fair, Chicago,
in 1893 as part of the Province of Ontario exhibit.

Lansdowne, Ontario,

35, Rev. W. G. Young, Ornithological and Oological collection,

— M.A. - -

86. B. E. Walker, Etq.,
F.G.S.

Toronto, Ontario,
Extensive end choice collection of Canadian, Niagara,
Hamilton group and Ordovician fossils. Also fine col-
lection of British and United States fossils. Unde-
Bcribed Stromatoi-oroids.

ON THE PRINCIPAL MUSEUMS IN CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. 13

37. James H. Fleming,

Esq.

38. Hon. G. W. Allan .

39. A. E. Walker, Esq. .

40. A. T. Neill, Esq.

41. Col. C. C. Grant,

42. Thomas Mcllwraith,

Esq.
^'^. A. Alexander, Esq. .

44. Jonathan Pet tit,
Esq.

2,000 bird-skins, including 500 species, nearly all Canadian
birds. Also mounted birds from Canada and some
foreign birds.

Collection of native (Canadian) birds.

Hamilton, Ontario.

Collections of local fossils, including rare and undesoribed

fossil sponges from Silurian of the district.
Collections of fosfils and minerals from Canada, ranging

from the Laurentian to the Cretaceous.
Collection of Medina, Clinton, and Niagara fossils,

graptolites and sponges a speciality. Also few Indian

relics.
Complete collection of Canadian birds; also many foreign

species.
Botanical collection, local flora. Also Georgian Bay

plants.

Grimsby, Ontario.

Excellent collection of Niagara (Silurian) fossils, contain-
ing good crinoidea, &c.

45. Rev. Hector Currie,
M.A.

46. Rev. W. Mintern
Seaborn, M.A,

47. — Willing, Esq.

Thedford, Ontario.

Very complete collection of Hamilion group fossils from
Thedford (Widder), Bartlett's mills, &c., in Lambton
County, Ontario.

London, Ontario,

Collection of Devonian fossils, chiefly corals from Western
Outario.

Olds, JV. W.T.

Entomological 'collection, North-West noctuids. Type
specimens and undescribed specimens in collection.

Victoria, British Columbia.

4S. Dr. C. F. Newcombe Excellent collection of Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils

from British Columbia, kc. Numerous undescribed
forms, including decapod Crustacea.

49. Kev. G. W. Taylor, Canadian and British mollusca. Large and important

reference collection of Western (especially) as well as
Eastern recent shells (Nanaimo, B.C.).
General collection of fossil organic remains, from the
Cretaceous and Tertiary of Vancouver and other
islands, and recent natura) history specimens from
British Columbia (Victoria, B.C.).

M.A., F.R.S.C.
50. John Fannin, Esq.

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